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Hoboken Historical Museum Online Archive
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Digital image of photo of a May Walk (May Day) celebration in a play ground, Hoboken, no date, circa May, 1900-1915.
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Digital image of photo of a May Walk (May Day) celebration in a play ground, Hoboken, no date, circa May, 1900-1915.
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Digital image of photo of a basketball team on an outside court, Hoboken, no date, circa 1900.
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Digital image of photo of a girl with two boys posed outdoors near rough planked wall, no place (Hoboken?), no date, circa 1870's - 1880's.
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Digital image of photo of a group of Stevens Cadets posed outside a church, no place (probably Hoboken), 1915.
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Digital image of photo of a group of musicians (Hoboken Playgrounds Field Band members?), Hoboken, no date, circa 1900-1915.
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Digital image of photo of a group of musicians (Hoboken Playgrounds Field Band members?), Hoboken, no date, circa 1900-1915.
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Digital image of photo of a group of six women, three men and a dog posed, no place (probably not Hoboken), no date, circa late 1910-1920.
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Digital image of photo of a group of woman and girls posed outdoors, no place (Hoboken?), no date, circa 1880-1890.
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Digital image of photo of a large group of children on an unidentified Hoboken Street, no date, circa 1920s.
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Digital image of photo of a man in military uniform, no place (Hoboken?), no date, circa 1880-1890.
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Digital image of photo of a man in suit and hat seated in boat behind a motor, no place, no date, circa 1910-1915.
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Digital image of photo of a man in suit leaning against an automobile, no place (probably Hoboken), no date, circa 1915-1920.
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Digital image of photo of a man posed in suit with straw boater in backyard, no place, (Hoboken?), no date, circa1900 - 1930.
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Digital image of photo of a mature man and woman posed outdoors, no place, (possibly Hoboken), no date, circa 1905-1915.
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Digital image of photo of a military unit posed with rifles outside a military barracks or other base building, no place, no date, circa 1900-1910.
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Digital image of photo of a stadium with a baseball game in progress, no place (New York?), no date, circa 1938-1940.
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Digital image of photo of a woman posed in studio wearing pearl or bead necklace, no place (Hoboken?), no date, circa 1915-1930.
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Digital image of photo of a woman posed outdoors with fur trimmed coat and muff probably in a backyard, no place (Hoboken?), no date, ca 1915-1925.
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Digital image of photo of a woman seated in porch rocking chair reading a newspaper, no place (probably not Hoboken),no date, circa late 1910-1920.
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Digital image of photo of a young man in uniform posed in photo studio, Berlin, Germany, no date, circa1870-1880's.
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Digital image of photo of a young man posed in photo studio, Prag, no date, circa 1870-1880's.
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Digital image of photo of a young man wearing a cap and seated on a porch, no place (probably not Hoboken), no date, circa late 1910-1920.
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Digital image of photo of a young man wearing a cap, no place (probably not Hoboken), no date, circa late 1910-1920.
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Digital image of photo of an older woman posed in photo studio, Prag or Praha, no date, circa 1870-1890's.
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Digital image of photo of an unidentified military marching unit at the New York World's Fair, New York, 1940.
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Digital image of photo of boiler room at Hoboken Recreation Center, 113 Jefferson St., Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1938.
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Digital image of photo of elderly Frank & Katherin Szontag posed outdoors, Hoboken, no date, circa 1915-1925.
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Digital image of photo of exterior view of military barracks with some people (mostly civilians), no place, no date, circa 1900-1910.
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Digital image of photo of four men in suits outdoors; two seated on ground, no place, no date, circa 1900-1915.
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Digital image of photo of four men on a porch, no place (probably not Hoboken), no date, circa late 1910-1920.
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Digital image of photo of graves with headstones in unidentified cemetery, no place, no date, circa 1900-1920.
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Digital image of photo of large group of young children on unidentified Hoboken st. carrying American flags, n.d., ca. late 1920's-early 1930s.
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Digital image of photo of man and woman on porch, no place (probably not Hoboken), no date, circa late 1910-1920.
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Digital image of photo of man in suit holding his hat standing outside a St. Joseph's Seraphic Seminary building, no place, no date, circa 1910-1920.
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Digital image of photo of men in military dress posed outdoors, affiliation and unit not idientified, no place (Hoboken?), 1913.
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Digital image of photo of parade (May Day or Decoration Day?) marching north in 100 block of Hudson St., Hoboken, no date, ca. early 1930s.
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Digital image of photo of people posed at the southeast corner of Church Square Park, Hoboken), no date, circa 1911-1920.
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Digital image of photo of some principals at "Historic Site Sunday" in Church of the Holy Innocents, Hoboken, May 8, 1977.
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Digital image of photo of ten men in suits posed with a dog on a city street, no place (Hoboken?), no date, circa 1910-1915.
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Digital image of photo of the Anthony and Julius Durstewitz of the Hoboken Playgrounds Field Band at the New York World's Fair, New York, 1940.
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Digital image of photo of the Hoboken Playgrounds Field Band assembled on street near the Recreation Center,113 Jefferson St., Hoboken,1938.
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Digital image of photo of the Hoboken Playgrounds Field Band assembled on street near the Recreation Center,113 Jefferson St., Hoboken,1938.
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Digital image of photo of the Hoboken Playgrounds Field Band marching at the New York World's Fair, New York, 1940.
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Digital image of photo of the Hoboken Playgrounds Field Band marching at the New York World's Fair, New York, 1940.
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Digital image of photo of the Hoboken Playgrounds Field Band marching at the New York World's Fair, New York, 1940.
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Digital image of photo of the Hoboken Playgrounds Field Band marching in 300 block, Washington St., Hoboken, no date, probably 1928.
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Digital image of photo of the Hoboken Playgrounds Field Band marching in 300 block, Washington Street, Hoboken, no date, probably 1928.
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Digital image of photo of the Hoboken Playgrounds Field Band marching in 900 block, Washington St., Hoboken, no date, ca late 1920's - early 1930's.
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Digital image of photo of the Hoboken Playgrounds Field Band marching on Washington St., Hoboken, no date, circa 1940.
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Digital image of photo of the Hoboken Playgrounds Field Band marching on Washington St., Hoboken, no date, circa 1940.
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Digital image of photo of the Hoboken Playgrounds Field Band marching, Decoration Day Pageant, Hudson Street near Seventh St., Hoboken, [1917].
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Digital image of photo of the Hoboken Playgrounds Field Band marching, Decoration Day Pageant, Hudson Street near Seventh St., Hoboken,1917.
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Digital image of photo of the Hoboken Playgrounds Field Band, Hoboken, no date, circa 1900-1915.
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Digital image of photo of the Hoboken Playgrounds Field Band, Hoboken, no date, circa 1900-1915.
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Digital image of photo of the Hoboken Playgrounds Field Band, Hoboken, no date, circa 1937-1938.
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Digital image of photo of the Hoboken Playgrounds marching unit on Washington Street near Sixth Street, Hoboken, no date, circa 1938.
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Digital image of photo of the Kazoo Band (a Hoboken Playgrounds Field Band), Hoboken, (probably May) 1928.
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Digital image of photo of the chapel interior of Church of the Holy Innocents with choir, Hoboken, ca. Easter, 1896.
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Digital image of photo of the chapel interior of Church of the Holy Innocents, Hoboken, ca. 1920's.
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Digital image of photo of the chapel interior of Church of the Holy Innocents, Hoboken, ca. Easter, 1896.
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Digital image of photo of the chapel interior of Church of the Holy Innocents, Hoboken, ca.1896.
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Digital image of photo of the chapel interior of Church of the Holy Innocentswith Father Magill and altar boys, Hoboken, ca. 1890's-1900's.
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Digital image of photo of the interior of the steamer Priscilla as outfitted by W.& A. Fletcher Company, Hoboken, no date, circa 1895-1905.
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Digital image of photo of the ladies chapel interior of Church of the Holy Innocents, Hoboken, ca. 1896.
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Digital image of photo of three men in backyard with a large gun equipment cabinet, no place (probably Hoboken), no date, circa 1910-1920.
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Digital image of photo of three men seated on porch steps engaging in horseplay, no place (probably not Hoboken), no date, circa late 1910-1920.
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Digital image of photo of three men seated on porch steps, no place (probably not Hoboken), no date, circa late 1910-1920.
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Digital image of photo of three women in a park, no place, (probably Hoboken), no date, circa 1905-1915.
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Digital image of photo of three young men in suits in playful fighting pose outdoors, no place, no date, circa 1900-1915.
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Digital image of photo of three young men in suits seated outdoors, no place, no date, circa 1900-1915.
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Digital image of photo of three young men, two with ties, posed outdoors, no place, no date, circa 1900-1915.
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Digital image of photo of two men in suits posed in photographer's novelty boat cut-out , no place, no date, circa 1900-1915.
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Digital image of photo of two men on platform, one with megaphone, audience stands behind them, no place, no date, ca. 1910-1920.
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Digital image of photo of two men wearing ties, caps and sunglasses on a porch, no place (probably not Hoboken), no date, circa late 1910-1920.
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Digital image of photo of two men with caps at a bar, no place (probably not Hoboken), no date, circa late 1910-1920.
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Digital image of photo of two uniformed men outside a military barracks or other base building, no place, no date, circa 1900-1910.
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Digital image of photo of two women and three men in a park or woods, no place, no date, circa 1905-1915.
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Digital image of photo of two women, no place, (probably Hoboken), no date, circa 1905-1915.
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Digital image of photo of woman in bathing suit with doll near porch, no place (probably not Hoboken), no date, circa late 1910-1920.
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Digital image of photo portrait of Andrew Fletcher, a founder of W.& A. Fletcher Company, no place, no date, ca. 1900.
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Digital image of photo postcard of George(?) Durstewitz posed Stevens Battalion Color photos uniform in photographer's studio, Jersey City, no date, circa 1900-191
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Digital image of photo postcard of Julius Durstewitz posed in photographer's studio, Jersey City, no date, circa 1900-1915.
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Digital image of photo postcard of a young woman posed with cloth coat, hat & fur trimmed muff, Jersey City, no date, circa 1900-1915.
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Digital image of photo postcard of unidentified older gentleman sent to Marie Durstewitz of Hoboken,1907.
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Digital image of photocopy of b+w photo of 5 members of Our Lady of Grace Cadets (Lancers) in yard, Hoboken, 1941-42.
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Digital image of photocopy of b+w photo of Our Lady of Grace Lancers marching north on Washington St., Hoboken, no date, ca. 1950.
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Digital image of photocopy of published b+w photo of Colonial Ancients Fife & Drum Corps, Hoboken, May 21, 1954.
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Digital image of photocopy of published b+w photo of Our Lady of Grace Lancers marching, location, no place, 1959.
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Digital image of photocopy of published b+w photo of Our Lady of Grace Lancers posed on the front steps of Demarest High School, Hoboken, no date, ca.
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Digital image of photocopy of published b+w photo of Our Lady of Grace Lancers posed outdoors, no place [Hoboken], 1953.
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Digital image of photocopy of published b+w photo of Spirit of '76 Fife & Drum Corps, Belleville, N.J., no date, ca. 1970's.
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Digital image of photograph of building exterior with children, Hoboken?, no date, circa 1900.
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Digital image of photograph of building exterior with children, Hoboken?, no date, circa 1900.
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Digital image of photograph of interior of building at 1300 Hudson Street, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970's.
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Digital image of photograph of interior of building at 1300 Hudson Street, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970's.
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Digital image of photostatic copy of Stevens Hoboken Academy check of $12.50 to Paula Leonore Millenthal, June 8, 1955 as the B.F. Carter Award.
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Digital image of pin-back button, Sub Senior, A.J. Demarest H.S. Class of June '56, Hoboken, 1956.
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Digital image of plaque presented to Roger J. Muller (Sr.) in 2000 upon retirement for 46 years of service as a New Jersey State Detective.
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Digital image of portrait of Mayor George Gonzales on display in Mayor's Office, Hoboken City Hall.
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Digital image of portrait photo of Durstewitz family posed in photographer's studio, no place (probably Hoboken), no date, circa 1880-1885.
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Digital image of portrait photo of Julius Durstewitz in Stevens regiment uniform, no place (probably Hoboken), no date, circa 1885-1895.
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Digital image of postal cachet for City of Hoboken Centennial, signed by the competition-winning logo artist, Eugene Romo, Hoboken, 1955.
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Digital image of postcard of Bird's Eye View from Lackawanna Tower, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1910.
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Digital image of postcard of Lackawanna Rail Road Terminal and Ferry to New York, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1905.
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Digital image of postcard of Pennsylvania Tunnels Interior Showing Signal Apparatus. No date, ca. 1910.
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Digital image of postcard of The New Lackawanna Station, showing ferry slips, Hoboken, 1908.
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Digital image of postcard of Train Yards from Lackawanna Tower, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1907.
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Digital image of postcard of the Lackawanna Ferry and Station from River, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1910.. Courtesy of Leon Yost.
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Digital image of postcard of the Waiting Room, Hoboken Station, Lackawanna Rail Road, 1917.
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Digital image of postcard of the entrance and office of the New York Bay Cemetery, Greenville, Jersey City, N.J., no date, ca. 1900. Courtesy of Leon
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Digital image of postcard of two Erie-Lackawanna tugboats docked at the Hoboken Terminal, Hoboken, Feb. 1974.
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Digital image of postcard posted in Hoboken to addressee at Odd Fellows Hall, 172-174 Washington St., Hoboken, no date, ca. 1900-1910.
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Digital image of postcard titled: Bringing out the excavated matter, The Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Co. Tunnel (McAdoo system), 1908.
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Digital image of postcard titled: New York. The site of the Tunnel Terminal of the Penn. R.R. 34th St., 1907
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Digital image of postcard titled: Pennsylvania R.R. under the Hudson River, New York City. No date, ca. 1910.
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Digital image of postcard titled: Pennsylvania R.R. under the Hudson River, New York City. No date, ca. 1910.
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Digital image of postcard titled: Rounding a curve under the Hudson River., Hudson & Manhattan R.R. Company's Tunnel. No date, ca. 1908.
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Digital image of postcard titled: The Pennsylvania Tunnels, New York, no date, ca. 1910.
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Digital image of postcard with cameo portraits of William McAdoo & Charles Jacobs, The Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Co., no date, ca. 1908.
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Digital image of poster created by Robert Burczy in remembrance of September 11, 2001, Hoboken, no date, ca. Sept.-Oct. 2001.
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Digital image of poster: Burczy, Americanist, Hoboken Epicure, 1028 Washington St., Hoboken, October 10, 2000.
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Digital image of poster: Burczy, Anthracite Anthology; Master Works Volume One, Maxwell's, 1036 Washington St., Hoboken, Jan. 1, 2000.
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Digital image of poster: Burczy, Backstory; Masterworks Vol. 2, Rodeo Bar, 230 Washington St., Hoboken, June 18, 2001.
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Digital image of poster: Burczy, Bread and Circus, Secret Ingredient, 1006 Washington St., Hoboken, June 23, 2000.
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Digital image of poster: Burczy, Bread and Circus; Part Two, The Last Romantic, Secret Ingredient, 1006 Washington St., Hoboken, July 27, 2000.
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Digital image of poster: Burczy, Byzantine, Park Pastries, 512 Washington St., [Hoboken], April 20, 2002.
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Digital image of poster: Burczy, Capture the Language, East L.A., 506 Washington St., Hoboken, December 16, 2004.
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Digital image of poster: Burczy, Cascade, Hoboken [Historical] Museum, 1301 Hudson Street, [Hoboken], May 7, 2006.
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Digital image of poster: Burczy, Drink Think, Maxwells, 1036 Washington St., Hoboken May 16, 2001.
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Digital image of poster: Burczy, Everything Art, East L.A., 506 Washington St., Hoboken, October 16, 2001.
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Digital image of poster: Burczy, Frontline Citizen, Full House Printing, 303 First St., Hoboken, November 15, 2001.
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Digital image of poster: Burczy, Home Spun, Full House Printing, 210 Adams St., Hoboken, Feb. 17, 1994.
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Digital image of poster: Burczy, In the Shadows of No Towers, Ristra Bar, 230 Washington St., [Hoboken], January 20, 2003.
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Digital image of poster: Burczy, Laughing Matters, Hand Mad, 118 Washington St. Hoboken, May 20, 1994.
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Digital image of poster: Burczy, Painting to the Haicuts, Secret Ingredient, 1006 Washington St., Hoboken, March 15, 1998.
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Digital image of poster: Burczy, Paintings from the Last Century, Liberty Bar, 61-63 14th St., Hoboken, March 25, 2000.
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Digital image of poster: Burczy, Power of Art as Witness Secret Ingredient, 1006 Washington St., Hoboken, September 23, 1998.
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Digital image of poster: Burczy, Pure Land Abstractions, Secret Ingredient, 1006 Washington St., Hoboken, June 15, 1999.
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Digital image of poster: Burczy, Singspiel, East L.A., 506 Washington St., Hoboken, February 25, 1999.
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Digital image of poster: Burczy, The Allure of the Everyday, East L.A., 506 Washington St., Hoboken, October 16, 1999.
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Digital image of poster: Burczy, The Crib Show, Cafe Martinque, 207 Washington St., Hoboken, August 8, 1996.
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Digital image of poster: Burczy, Wellspring, Secret Ingredient, 1006 Washington St., Hoboken, April 4, 1999.
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Digital image of printed b+w photo of American Legion Post 107 (Hoboken) Drum & Bugle Corp outside, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1942-46.
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Digital image of printed b+w photo of American Legion Post 107 (Hoboken) Drum & Bugle Corp posed on Demarest High School steps, Hoboken, 1949.
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Digital image of printed b+w photo of American Legion Post 107 Drum & Bugle Corp on Demarest High School steps, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1945-46.
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Digital image of printed b+w photo of G.I. Joes' Fife, Bell, Drum & Bugle Corps posed in uniforms, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1955.
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Digital image of printed b+w photo of Hoboken Recreation Center Drum & Bugle Corps receiving a trophy, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1940's.
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Digital image of printed newspaper photo Veterans Day ceremony at Elysian Park monument, Hoboken, no date, circa 1955-1956.
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Digital image of published b+w photo of Hoboken Playground Band, Journal Square, Jersey City, NJ, no date, ca. May, 1989-90.
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Digital image of quilt, "Autumn on 11th Street Island," made by Peggy McGeary of Hoboken, date not given.
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Digital image of ribbon badge for election campaign of Steve Cappiello, no date, circa 1960's.
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Digital image of sepia-tone exterior group photo of soldiers at U.S. Army Port of Embarkation, Hospital No. 1, Hoboken, no date, circa 1917-1920.
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Digital image of sepia-tone group photo of men at Patrick Capperino dinner at the Continental Hotel, Hoboken, May 21, 1942.
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Digital image of sepia-tone photo John and Leonore Muller, their dog, Tootsie, and 2 other people, no place, no date, ca. 1920-1923.
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Digital image of sepia-tone photo four men with an automobile, no place, no date, circa 1923.
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Digital image of sepia-tone photo of Antonio Jacobsen playing cello with other musicians in the parlor of 705 Palisade Avenue, W. Hoboken, 1889.
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Digital image of sepia-tone photo of Bernard McFeely, Fred DeSapio et al at pier for DeSapio Democratic Assn. outing, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1945-1947.
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Digital image of sepia-tone photo of Bernard McFeely, Fred DeSapio et al at pier for DeSapio Democratic Assn. outing, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1945-1947.
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Digital image of sepia-tone photo of Bernard McFeely, Fred DeSapio et al at pier for DeSapio Democratic Assn. outing, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1945-1947.
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Digital image of sepia-tone photo of Carl and Lisbet Toepfer posed on balcony or porch, no place, no date, circa 1900.
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Digital image of sepia-tone photo of Fred DeSapio and people boarding a dayliner for DeSapio Democratic Assn. outing, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1945-1947.
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Digital image of sepia-tone photo of John Muller standing on steps outside 107 Bloomfield St., Hoboken, 1920.
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Digital image of sepia-tone photo of Leonore Toepfer (Muller) in a volunteer uniform similar to 'candystripers', Hoboken(?), no date, ca. 1917.
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Digital image of sepia-tone photo of Leonore Toepfer (left) circa 8-10 years old posed outside with two friends, Hoboken?, no date, circa 1900.
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Digital image of sepia-tone photo of Leonore Toepfer circa 10 years of age in a sailor suit posed in a room, no place (Hoboken?), no date, circa 1900.
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Digital image of sepia-tone photo of Lisbet Toepfer (left) and a woman named Amelia at 2nd & Bloomfield Streets, Hoboken, September 1921.
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Digital image of sepia-tone photo of Mayor Fred DeSapio with City officials and man presenting document, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1947 -1950.
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Digital image of sepia-tone photo of Mayor Fred DeSapio with Mel Allen of the N.Y. Yankees at a Lions Club function, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1950-1953.
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Digital image of sepia-tone photo of Mayor Fred M. DeSapio making contribution to Jewish hospital drive, City Hall, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1947-1951.
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Digital image of sepia-tone photo of Toepfer family children posed in a photographer's studio, no place (Hoboken?), no date, circa 1895-1900.
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